2:25 pm - Friday May 18, 2012

Barak flies to China as Beijing is accused of helping Iran

In a sign of growing ties between Jerusalem and Beijing, Defense Minister Ehud Barak left for China on Saturday night, in the first such visit by an Israeli defense minister in a decade.

Israel significantly downgraded its defense ties with China in recent years due to American pressure, and Israeli companies are forbidden from selling weaponry to the Chinese military.

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